The cost of environmental degradation : case studies from the Middle East and North Africa /

How much is a cleaner environment worth? For policy makers, that question goes largely unanswered. It's not that the environment is seen as unimportant. It's simply much easier to compare the costs and benefits of tangible projects such as airports and electrical grids, than it is to weigh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Croitoru, Lelia, Sarraf, Maria
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2010.
Colección:Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Environment.
Temas:
Environmental degradation > Middle East > Case studies.
Environmental degradation > Africa, North > Case studies.
Environnement > Dégradation > Afrique du Nord > Études de cas.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science (see also Chemistry > Environmental)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
Ecology
Environmental degradation
Middle East > Environmental conditions > Case studies.
Africa, North > Environmental conditions > Case studies.
Afrique du Nord > Conditions environnementales > Études de cas.
North Africa
Middle East
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Lelia Croitoru and Maria Sarraf
  • Water degradation: the case of Tunisia / Lelia Croitoru [and others]
  • Air pollution: the case of Jordan / Leila Croitoru, Raffaello Cervigni, and Amer Jabarin
  • Deforestation and forest degradation: the case of the Islamic Republic of Iran / Lelia Croitoru
  • Land degradation: the case of Morocco / Maria Sarraf and Abdeljaouad Jorio
  • Oil spill and waste due to conflict: the case of Lebanon / Maria Sarraf [and others]
  • Implications for policies, investments, and institutions / Sherif Arif.

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